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Video: Driving Toward Green Freight in the GMS

This video introduces how green freight approaches can provide environmental and economic win-wins for the transport sector in the GMS.

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5th February 2018

Video: Environmental Cooperation in the GMS

Government and development partners talk about the importance of regional environmental cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion, with a focus on the GMS Core Environment Program. The film was launched at theFifth GMS Environment Ministers' Meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on 1 February 2018.

Biodiversity corridors have been introduced in threatened tropical areas of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, with ADB support. The program is ensuring the survival of rare plant and animal species, while eco-farming practices provide local communities with sustainable livelihoods.

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10th August 2016

Video: Safeguarding Yunnan's Biodiversity

This film highlights the environmental challenges facing China's Southwestern province of Yunnan as well as ongoing efforts to protect the unique biodiversity in the province's Xishuangbanna prefecture.

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2nd August 2016

ADB Video: New Road in Lao PDR Changes Everything

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic has built a new road with help from ADB linking the tourist town of Luangprabang with the country’s border with Thailand. Finished in 2014, the 367-km road provides access to goods, services and jobs and new businesses are flourishing along its length.

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11th July 2016

ADB Video: Manure is Money in the People’s Republic of China

Livestock farms in Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China, are converting pig waste into clean energy. This is helping to manage an environmental threat, contribute to the national energy grid, and boost the incomes of farmers.

More than 68 million tons of cargo crossed Asian borders between 2011 and 2014 thanks to better regional connectivity. Sanguan Sonklinsakul of Thailand’s Chiang Rai Chamber of Commerce says trade with neighboring countries has increased markedly due to the many news roads in the Greater Mekong Subregio...

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14th April 2016

ADB Video: Rehabilitation Efforts Bring Key Nanjing River back to Life

In Nanjing, People's Republic of China, a $240-million project improved the water quality of the Qinhuai River, dredging the water way of sludge, constructing sewage pipelines and pumping stations, and transforming flood-prone villages into scenic wetlands.

A new approach to integrated water resource management based on community participation is tapping into local knowledge to protect Thailand's territory from the increasingly severe flooding driven by climate change.

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30th March 2015

ADB Video: Regional Cooperation and Environmental Sustainability

Much economic growth in Asia and the Pacific has been fueled by unsustainable use of natural resources. While this has led to increased prosperity, it has also created immense pressure on natural capital. This video shines a light on regional cooperation programs that ADB has sponsored or lent weight to such as the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Environment Program and the Heart of Borneo and Coral Triangle initiatives.

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7th August 2014

Forest Protection Boosts Income for Viet Nam Farmers

This ADB video features coffee farmers in Viet Nam's Central Highlands joining in efforts to conserve forestland and biodiversity.

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10th July 2014

Animation video on the Core Environment Program in Lao

This animation describes the work of CEP in securing natural capital in the GMS.

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7th July 2014

Animation video on the Core Environment Program in Vietnamese

This animation describes the work of CEP in securing natural capital in the GMS.

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4th July 2014

Animation video on the Core Environment Program in Chinese

This animation describes the work of CEP in securing natural capital in the GMS.

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2nd July 2014

Animation video on the Core Environment Program in Burmese

This animation describes the work of CEP in securing natural capital in the GMS.

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27th June 2014

Animation video on the Core Environment Program in Thai

This animation describes the work of CEP in securing natural capital in the GMS.

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27th May 2014

Investing in Landscapes – Panel at Forests Asia Summit 2014

ADB’s Sanath Ranawana (and CEP project officer) was a panelist at the Forests Asia Summit on May 6 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia. During the ‘Investing in Landscapes for Green Returns’ panel, he discussed the role of public financing to support environmentally friendly private sector investments in Asia’s landscapes (3:35–13:25).

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22nd April 2014

Animation video on the Core Environment Program in Khmer

This animation describes the work of CEP in securing natural capital in the GMS.

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1st April 2014

Animation video on the Core Environment Program

This animation describes the work of CEP in securing natural capital in the GMS.

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22nd November 2013

Animation video on Payment for water ecosystem services

This animation produced by the James Hutton Institute explains why Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes are attracting increasing interest as policy mechanisms to improve conservation and achieve sustainable development outcomes. PES initiatives aim to reach mutually beneficial agreements between providers and users of ecosystem services, entailing a reward mechanism for ecosystem managers for maintaining or improving the provision of the services valued by beneficiaries.

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21st August 2013

Video: Apes on the riverbanks

The video takes a look at the conservation of the Cao Vit gibbon, which was believed to survive only in one location in northern Viet Nam until, in 2006, three groups were discovered in adjacent forest in Guangxi Autonomous Province, China. The video was produced by Guangxi Environmental Protection Department and is in Chinese with English subtitles.

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1st April 2008

Forests for Our Future in Khmer

The forest of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) nurture a remarkable biodiversity and provide resources vital to human welfare and the region's economic prosperity. But these same forests are fragmenting and disappearing under pressure from rapid economic development, land conversion, and overuse.

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1st April 2008

Forests for Our Future in English

The forest of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) nurture a remarkable biodiversity and provide resources vital to human welfare and the region's economic prosperity. But these same forests are fragmenting and disappearing under pressure from rapid economic development, land conversion, and overuse.

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1st April 2008

Forests for Our Future in Chinese

The forest of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) nurture a remarkable biodiversity and provide resources vital to human welfare and the region's economic prosperity. But these same forests are fragmenting and disappearing under pressure from rapid economic development, land conversion, and overuse.

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1st April 2008

Forests for Our Future in Lao

The forest of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) nurture a remarkable biodiversity and provide resources vital to human welfare and the region's economic prosperity. But these same forests are fragmenting and disappearing under pressure from rapid economic development, land conversion, and overuse.

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1st April 2008

Forests for Our Future in Vietnamese

The forest of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) nurture a remarkable biodiversity and provide resources vital to human welfare and the region's economic prosperity. But these same forests are fragmenting and disappearing under pressure from rapid economic development, land conversion, and overuse.

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1st April 2008

Forests for Our Future in Thai

The forest of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) nurture a remarkable biodiversity and provide resources vital to human welfare and the region's economic prosperity. But these same forests are fragmenting and disappearing under pressure from rapid economic development, land conversion, and overuse.